Siddaramaiah attacks Yediyurappa over Tipu Jayanti, says K'tka CM hates only one community

Siddaramaiah also elaborated upon various schemes introduced during his tenure as the Chief Minister and asked for people to vote 'smartly'.

Govt firm on not celebrating Tipu Jayanti: BS Yediyurappa

Soon after the BJP came to power in the state, it cancelled the Tipu Jayanti celebrations and he made it clear that there was no change in its stance.

Tipu Jayanti is scrapped by new Karnataka government

The scrapping of the celebrations was one of the promises the BJP had made during the 2018 Assembly election campaign.

Kumaraswamy missing Tipu Jayanti event is insult to Muslims: Cong

MLA Tanveer Sait said that with CM indisposed and Dy CM on foreign tour, it had 'come across as though the community has been insulted'.

CM cares more about tyrant monarch than public: BJP opposes Tipu Jayanti in K'taka

Cong said that BJP, RSS views differ from those of the state govt; they regard Tipu Sultan as a tyrant for being biased against Hindus.